Mr Dymond was reportedly found dead a week after the episode was recorded on 2 May.

A Hampshire Police spokeswoman said: “I can confirm that we were called at 1.24pm on Thursday 9 May following the discovery of a body of a man in his 60s at an address in Grafton St, Portsmouth.

“The death is not being treated as suspicious and a file is being prepared for the coroner.”

No more episodes will be shown or filmed while a review is carried out (ITV)

Ms Callaghan told the newspaper that her former partner had been “quietly struggling”, but described The Jeremy Kyle Show‘s after-care team as “brilliant” following their appearance on the programme.

She told The Sun: “They were brilliant. They were there when he needed help. They were really persistent in offering him help.”

“On reflection, ITV would be best advised just to stop it”

Charles Walker

The controversial talk show featured host Kyle and psychotherapist Graham Stanier helping guests talk through their personal issues in front of a studio audience, and has occupied a regular daytime morning slot since 2005.

The broadcaster’s support for its reality show talent has come under scrutiny in recent months following the deaths of two former Love Island contestants, Sophie Gradon and Mike Thalassitis.

What has ITV said?

Announcing the cancellation, ITV chief executive Dame Carolyn McCall said: “Given the gravity of recent events we have decided to end production of The JeremyKyle Show.

“The JeremyKyle Show has had a loyal audience and has been made by a dedicated production team for 14 years, but now is the right time for the show to end.

“Everyone at ITV’s thoughts and sympathies are with the family and friends of Steve Dymond.”

Following the initial suspension a spokesperson for ITV had said: “Everyone at ITV and The Jeremy Kyle Show is shocked and saddened at the news of the death of a participant in the show a week after the recording of the episode they featured in and our thoughts are with their family and friends.

“ITV will not screen the episode in which they featured.

“Given the seriousness of this event, ITV has also decided to suspend both filming and broadcasting of The Jeremy Kyle Show with immediate effect in order to give it time to conduct a review of this episode of the show.”

The broadcaster later added: “In the case of The Jeremy Kyle Show, the programme has significant and detailed duty of care processes in place for contributors pre, during and post show which have been built up over 14 years, and there have been numerous positive outcomes from this, including people who have resolved complex and long-standing personal problems.

“Prior to the show a comprehensive assessment is carried out by the guest welfare team on all potential contributors. The guest welfare team consists of four members of staff, one consultant psychotherapist and three mental health nurses.”

On its subject of care after recording the show, they said: “The day after recording of the show the participant will be contacted by production to carry out a welfare check and provide details of the services that have been sourced for them.

“The production team keep in touch with the participants in the days between recording and transmission and participants are given a production mobile contact number should they need to contact the show at any point following transmission.”

What have others said?

After the news broke, ITV faced mounting pressure from MPs and others to permanently cancel the show.

An Ofcom spokesman said:”This is clearly a very distressing case. Although we can only assess content that has been broadcast, we are discussing this programme with ITV as a priority to understand what took place.”

Tory MP Charles Walker, a vice-chairman of the all-party parliamentary group on suicide and self-harm prevention, called for the show to be permanently cancelled.

He said: “On reflection, ITV would be best advised just to stop it. It’s a very, very unattractive TV show and I’m surprised it’s gone on so long.”

Fellow Conservative Damian Collins, the chairman of the Commons Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, said TV companies “have a duty to care to the people who take part in their programmes”.

A spokesperson for Prime Minister Theresa May said on the case: “Broadcasters and production companies have a responsibility for the mental health and wellbeing of participants and viewers of their programmes.

“We are clear they must have appropriate levels of support in place.”

Suicide prevention minister Jackie Doyle-Price toldi the Jeremy Kyle incident should “make us consider what we class as entertainment”.

And the chief executive of Mind, the leading mental health charity, questioned whether “certain reality TV programmes” could ever be made safe in terms of their potential effect on participants.

Professor Simon Wessely, former president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, said the show, which has been broadcast since 2005, should never be aired again.

Sir Simon said: “I think it should be dropped, actually. It’s the theatre of cruelty. And yes, it might entertain a million people a day, but then again so did Christians versus lions.”

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